04-23507. Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-International code Council

Notice is hereby given that, on September 16, 2004, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), the International Code Council (“ICC”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.

Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place of business of the standards development organization is: International Code Council, Falls Church, VA. The nature and scope of ICC's standards development activities are: to develop, promulgate and publish voluntary consensus codes and standards and to provide related services and products regarding construction regulation and the built environment.

Dorothy B. Fountain,

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.